The Shamal winds blow off the “empty quarter” for about two weeks. Looks like they have started 🙁
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the “driller”
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we are there!
At 11:55 this morning! Ouch.
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be careful what you wish for
It seems Murphy, that is Murphy of the infamous “Murphy’s Law”, and perhaps even Paddy, who reckoned Murphy was an optimist, would be satisfied today. I left the office last night looking forward to my drive home for a change. And why was this you may ask? Well, simply because I had made myself a fresh mixed-mp3-cd for the car and was eager to listen to some new music en route. But of course, for a change, there was no traffic to speak of and my ride home took me all of 15 minutes. So tempting fate even further last night I mentioned it to Stu and said how disappointed I was.
I had to eat those words this morning however, it took me almost an hour to get to the office, for some unknown and unapparent reason the traffic crawled all the way from Al Khail road to Al Lahbab road, pretty much my entire route. So there you have it, be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. The only consolation was I got to sing all the way, so that helped. A lot!
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making my mark
We were one (or two at least) of a couple of hundred South Africans who applied for, and were granted, a special vote for today. This came about after a ruling by the Constitutional Court on the 12th March that citizens living abroad, and registered to vote, had the right to vote in the upcoming April 22 election. The special voting date was set for the 15th of April, along with a cut-off date for special vote applications of the 27th March.
This follows an application by the Freedom Front Plus on behalf of a Pretoria school teacher working in the UK, as well as representation by the Inkatha Freedom Party, the Democratic Alliance, the A-Party, a lobby group, and an independent group of South Africans living overseas. They had argued that it is their Constitutional right to vote and that limitations in the Electoral Act which meant they did not fall into the certain categories allowed to vote, were unfair.
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more rain!
Yes, its true, we had more rain last night, and this morning it was very dark and stormy looking when I left for work (see the picture below taken en route).
It seems that the universal law of having a car applies in Dubai as much as anywhere else, well at least for me, and that is “if you wash it, it will rain”!
[heavy skies] I trust you had a good Easter weekend, I ended up having to work for most of it sadly.
Enjoy your week.